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Whittaker Anderson Burkholder, newborn son of Thomas and Erica Burkholder passed away late Monday at the Fulton County Health in Wauseon. Surviving besides his parents are siblings: Tristan and Emma, Grandparents: John and Joanna Burkholder of Wauseon, Bruce and Judy Baughman of West Salem, Ohio, Great grandmother Vivian Cifranic of …

Leona Jean Moden, age 93, of Wauseon and formerly of Tedrow passed away early Tuesday December 3, 2013 at Heartland of Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the Wauseon Wire Factory and at the former Fulton County Home. Mrs. Moden was born on September 29, 1920 in …

Ruthanne Hurley, age 67, died at 2:40 P.M. on Monday, December 2, 2013, at Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Ms. Hurley was a graduate of Bryan High School and worked at Ohio Citizens Bank as a teller for twenty years and then for the Ramada …

Gerald V. Smith, age 81, of Delta, passed away Tuesday morning, December 3, 2013 at Swanton Valley Center. Gerald was born in Wauseon on may 27, 1932, the son of Ralph and Fannie (Soles) Smith. In the past, Gerald attended the Shiloh Christian Union Church. Surviving is one sister, Janies …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege recently inducted the first mem­bers into the Alpha Delta Chap­ter of the Alpha Delta Nu Nurs­ing Honor Soci­ety. Eleven stu­dents joined the new national honor soci­ety for asso­ciate degree reg­is­tered nurses. Among the stu­dents inducted were, from Williams County.. Kelly Woodring of Bryan; from Defi­ance County, …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office reports that one per­son was killed in a hunt­ing acci­dent Roy­al­ton Town­ship Tues­day after­noon. The vic­tim is report­edly a 21-year-old from Ore­gon, Ohio. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the vic­tim, who they have not yet pub­licly iden­ti­fied, was pro­nounced dead at the scene of an appar­ent a gun­shot …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers accepted one res­ig­na­tion and made two appoint­ments Mon­day. Depart­ment of Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices Social Ser­vices Super­vi­sor Geri Sev­ers sub­mit­ted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion for retire­ment, effec­tive Dec. 31. The board accepted it “with regrets,”. The Bryan Times reports this morn­ing that Com­mis­sion­ers also appointed Ned Allen …

The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs approved sev­eral staff changes at its meet­ing Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the board agreed to reclas­sify Lisa Rohlof from account clerk II to account clerk III and to award a merit raise to Mandy Frank, account clerk II; both work in the …

An early morn­ing drug bust last week­end in McClure led to an arrest and seizure. The Henry County Sheriff’s office reports that they exe­cuted a search war­rant at 430 Main Street in McClure at 2:32am Sun­day. One woman is in cus­tody, but the sheriff’s office says more peo­ple are being …

Emanuel L. “Jr.” Gomer, Jr., age 88, of Wauseon, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Fulton Suites in Wauseon. Prior to his retirement in 1988 he had worked for the Wauseon Street Department for 33 years. He was born in Wauseon on October 25, 1925, the son of Emanuel …